--- pgp/doc/newfor24.doc 2018/04/24 16:41:33 1.1.1.1 +++ pgp/doc/newfor24.doc 2018/04/24 16:42:49 1.1.1.2 @@ -1,26 +1,26 @@ -Changes to PGP 2.4: - -- Fixed a bug with the -z option. If no passphrase was given, - PGP used to crash. - -- When using -c, the IV is generated properly now, and the randseed.bin - postwash is done. (This bug could have resulted in the same ciphertext - being generated for the same plaintext, if the same passphrase is used.) - -- Memory allocated with halloc() is now freed with hfree() in ztrees.c and - zdeflate.c. (MS-DOS only.) - -- The decompression code now detects end of input reliably, fixing a - bug that used to have it produce infinite amounts of output on come - corrputed input. Decompression has also been sped up. - -- PGP -m won't try to write its final output to the current directory. - This makes it less efficent if you want to save the text to a file, but - more secure if you don't. - -- Number of bits allowed when generating keys limited to 1024, in line - with the limits in RSAREF and BSAFE. It used to be higher, but - folks, if you think you need a key larger than that, do some research - into the complexity of factoring. - -- Version number changed to pgp2.4 +Changes to PGP 2.4: + +- Fixed a bug with the -z option. If no passphrase was given, + PGP used to crash. + +- When using -c, the IV is generated properly now, and the randseed.bin + postwash is done. (This bug could have resulted in the same ciphertext + being generated for the same plaintext, if the same passphrase is used.) + +- Memory allocated with halloc() is now freed with hfree() in ztrees.c and + zdeflate.c. (MS-DOS only.) + +- The decompression code now detects end of input reliably, fixing a + bug that used to have it produce infinite amounts of output on come + corrputed input. Decompression has also been sped up. + +- PGP -m won't try to write its final output to the current directory. + This makes it less efficent if you want to save the text to a file, but + more secure if you don't. + +- Number of bits allowed when generating keys limited to 1024, in line + with the limits in RSAREF and BSAFE. It used to be higher, but + folks, if you think you need a key larger than that, do some research + into the complexity of factoring. + +- Version number changed to pgp2.4